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melancholia

[mel-uhn-koh-lee-uh, -kohl-yuh] / ˌmɛl ənˈkoʊ li ə, -ˈkoʊl jə /


NOUN
seasonal affective disorder
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But he added, acidly: “there was little about melancholia that he didn’t know; there was little else that he did.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Whilst also being silly, and people are being blown out of buildings, it has that texture of melancholia and loneliness underneath it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

He has such a sparkle in his eye, and a joyful face, but he had a lot of melancholia.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2024

And people looking for a dose of introspective melancholia at the end of the festival will have to choose between The National on the Other Stage, and James Blake, who plays in the Woodsies tent.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024

It may, however, simply have been another bout of deep blue melancholia, the kind that had assailed him off and on for years.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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